योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-3, chapter-48, verse-64

तमालौघा इवोड्डीनाः संधिता इव रात्रयः ।
कज्जलौघा इवोद्भूता लोकालोकतटादिव ॥ ६४ ॥

tamālaughā ivoḍḍīnāḥ saṃdhitā iva rātrayaḥ ,
kajjalaughā ivodbhūtā lokālokataṭādiva 64

64. tamālaughāḥ iva uḍḍīnāḥ sandhitāḥ iva rātrayaḥ
kajjalaughāḥ iva udbhūtāḥ lokālokataṭāt iva

64. uḍḍīnāḥ tamālaughāḥ iva,
sandhitāḥ rātrayaḥ iva,
lokālokataṭāt iva udbhūtāḥ kajjalaughāḥ iva

64. They appeared like soaring masses of tamāla trees, or like nights that had been combined. They seemed like surges of lampblack that had arisen, as if from the shores of the mythical Lokāloka mountain.

Words meanings summery:

• तमालौघाः (tamālaughāḥ) - masses of tamāla trees

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• उड्डीनाः (uḍḍīnāḥ) - having flown up, ascended

• सन्धिताः (sandhitāḥ) - joined, connected, combined

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• रात्रयः (rātrayaḥ) - nights

• कज्जलौघाः (kajjalaughāḥ) - masses of collyrium (soot)

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

• उद्भूताः (udbhūtāḥ) - arisen, appeared, produced

• लोकालोकतटात् (lokālokataṭāt) - from the shore of Lokāloka mountain

• इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

Words meanings and morphology

तमालौघाः (tamālaughāḥ) - masses of tamāla trees

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of tamālaugha

tamālaugha - mass of tamāla trees, cluster of tamāla trees

Compound of `tamāla` and `ogha`.

Compound type : tatpurusha (tamāla+ogha)

• tamāla – tamāla tree (a tree with dark bark)
  noun (masculine)
• ogha – flood, torrent, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

उड्डीनाः (uḍḍīnāḥ) - having flown up, ascended

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of uḍḍīna

uḍḍīna - flown up, ascended, soaring

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `ḍī` (to fly) with upasarga `ut`. `ut + ḍī` becomes `uḍḍī`.

Prefix: ut

Root: ḍī (class 4)

Note: Agreeing with `tamālaughāḥ`.

सन्धिताः (sandhitāḥ) - joined, connected, combined

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, plural of sandhita

sandhita - joined, connected, combined, placed together

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `dhā` with upasargas `sam` and `ni`.

Prefixes: sam+ni

Root: dhā (class 3)

Note: Agreeing with `rātrayaḥ`.

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

रात्रयः (rātrayaḥ) - nights

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, plural of rātri

rātri - night

कज्जलौघाः (kajjalaughāḥ) - masses of collyrium (soot)

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of kajjalaugha

kajjalaugha - mass of collyrium, flood of soot, cloud of lampblack

Compound of `kajjala` and `ogha`.

Compound type : tatpurusha (kajjala+ogha)

• kajjala – collyrium, lampblack, soot
  noun (neuter)
• ogha – flood, torrent, mass, multitude
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.

उद्भूताः (udbhūtāḥ) - arisen, appeared, produced

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of udbhūta

udbhūta - arisen, appeared, produced, manifested

Past Passive Participle

Derived from root `bhū` with upasarga `ud`.

Prefix: ud

Root: bhū (class 1)

Note: Agreeing with `kajjalaughāḥ`.

लोकालोकतटात् (lokālokataṭāt) - from the shore of Lokāloka mountain

(noun)

Ablative, masculine, singular of lokālokataṭa

lokālokataṭa - shore of Lokāloka (mythical mountain)

Compound of `lokāloka` and `taṭa`. Lokāloka is a mythical mountain range at the edge of the world, separating the visible world from the region of utter darkness.

Compound type : tatpurusha (lokāloka+taṭa)

• lokāloka – Lokāloka (mythical mountain separating light and darkness)
  proper noun (masculine)
  Compound of `loka` (world of light) and `aloka` (world of darkness).
• taṭa – shore, bank, side, edge
  noun (masculine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, as it were

(indeclinable)

Particle of comparison.